Pay By Touch Named to AlwaysOn AO100 List
Pay By Touch has announced that it has been named to the AlwaysOn AO100 List as one of the top privately-held companies. The AO100 List recognizes the 100 most innovative and successful private firms in the United States based on market potential, customer adoption and investor value.
"The AO100 companies are driving the next wave of innovative technologies that are disrupting the old guard and shaping the new media landscape," said Tony Perkins, founder of AlwaysOn. "As ever, we were inundated with nominations from leading companies, and it's heartening to know that tomorrow's thought leaders and technology visionaries are already out there."Awarded under the "Services & Enablers" category, Pay By Touch was selected among 1,000 peer nominations in the categories of investors, investment bankers and other industry experts.
Pay By Touch is currently used by over 2.9 million consumers in more than 2,200 retail locations. Pay By Touch is installed in 44 states and in the United Kingdom with leading retailers such as SUPERVALU (Cub Foods, Jewel-Osco, Farm Fresh, bigg's, and others) and Piggly Wiggly stores throughout South Carolina and Georgia.
John Rogers, Pay By Touch's founder, chairman and CEO, was selected by AlwaysOn to join other CEOs from emerging private companies to present their businesses to a panel of industry insiders and a standing-room-only audience at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit, July 25-27. The summit was produced in partnership with the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP).
"It's a tremendous honor for Pay By Touch to join the ranks of Google and other groundbreakers who have previously won this award," said Rogers. "Pay By Touch is not only changing the way the world pays, we are ushering in a new era for biometrics that will change everything for consumers and businesses, from healthcare, to banking, to government."
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